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Did you know there’s a “Spacecraft Cemetery” on our planet?
A lonely place that contains numerous ‘dead’ spacecraft that have fallen back to Earth?
Well, there is, but unfortunately the chances of you or me ever getting to visit it are virtually nil. [Read more…]
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July 4 is a very special day here in the United States of America…
By itself, July 4 would be just another date on the calendar. Just another hot, sticky summer day with folks doing whatever they do on any other hot, sticky summer day.
But July 4 is special because it’s the day we Americans celebrate our nation’s independence from an oppressive king and the freedoms we all enjoy today because of it.
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Here’s a fun math puzzle that my dad taught me when I was a little boy…
Farmer Brown had seventeen horses on his small farm.
In his will he instructed that upon his death the horses should be distributed to his sons as follows: [Read more…]
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Have you ever heard of Yooperlites?
Well, no one else had either prior to one dark night in May 2017.
That’s the night a local rock collector named Erik Rintamaki saw the very first (to be discovered) Yooperlite rock lying among all the other rocks on a rocky Lake Superior beach in upper Michigan.
This particular rock stood out from all the rest because it was literally glowing in the dark under the glare of his ultraviolet flashlight.
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The world’s smallest inhabited island is located in New York State, but it’s just a very short distance from the Canadian border.
This tiny island is basically just a rock sticking up out the St. Lawrence River between New York and Ontario.
According to Wikipedia (and multiple other sources), this tiny 3,300 square foot island has just enough room for a small cottage, one tree and a pair of deck chairs!